whats in a notebook?

[lawless23456]

hi all

been told by people on here and people i know to keep a note book of my growing (its my first year) just wondering whats in a notebook? what do you write in yours? etc etc

thanks
lawrence

[shirlthegirl43]

I keep a note of what the seed tray is labelled as - eg. pea1, then what was sown - eg. onward, then date sown, date they show through and if relevant date of first harvest (like peas, beans, tomatoes etc).

Hope that helps.

[vicky]

Date sown, cultivar name, where sown/transplanted, what the crop was like, problems, what you think of flavour etc.
I prefer to use small, loose bits of paper tho, they're easier to lose...

[Two_Sheds]

I wish I was organised enough to keep a real proper journal, but sadly all I have is an old A5 diary with notes like "planted out carrots". Looking back, i want to know the variety, the site, the conditions etc.

[kentvegplot]

The notebook is for 'musings' - like trying to work out how many beans I can grow in a certain space. Also tuck in the bills so I know what I've spent on seeds

This may be sad, but my sowing records are on a spreadsheet - the harvest was all recorded my hand in the journal so I can look back and see when I started to get (say) strawberries last year.

Notebook also handy for keeping odd bits of advice I've torn out of magazines - although now most of the sensible advice comes from here

[Lady Jana Muck]

My garden journal is a day to day diary of things I do in the garden and in the greenhouse. I use one of them big Pukka Pad Project Books that has sleeves in for holding notes and bits out of garden magazines of things I might want to try one day. I keep track of what I sow, date, company I bought seeds from germination date, potting on and any other notes on them (like some seeds need go in the fridge for a few weeks first and I need to know the date they have to come out) I use the back page for photos I take of the garden at different times of the year, or pictures of magazine cuttings or if I feel like doodling and have the time I draw my own pictures. All this is a very handy record to look back on in the depth of winter when you are planning next years garden or lottie. Bottom line is your journal can be what ever you want it to be.

[zazen999]

I'm a bit of a double sided sticky tape freak. I use the moon book by Kollerstrom to note when things were sown. I have a proper hard back journal though and everything else goes in there; i stick all my scribblings, notes, bed plans, revised plans, what I moved from here to there etc. I also put the packets up when done and stick them in there; as keeping them in a box - they weren't readable when I needed something really important and so that's how I keep track of what I have sown.

Plus I pop the odd photo as things are growing in there.

[Paul Wagland]

Also vital when we go car booting, as I record all the measurements and details of things I need to find (what size old windows will fit the home-made coldframe roof, size of the bolt missing from the greenhouse door, etc etc).

I use anything that will fit in my back pocket.

[Lady Jana Muck]

Also vital when we go car booting, as I record all the measurements and details of things I need to find (what size old windows will fit the home-made coldframe roof, size of the bolt missing from the greenhouse door, etc etc).

I use anything that will fit in my back pocket.

Are we talking Moleskin here The one that no self respecting hack would be seen without I just love them notebooks (when I can afford them)

[smallblueplanet]

Are we talking Moleskin here The one that no self respecting hack would be seen without...

Surely no self-respecting veggie would be seen with moleskin? Pah whatever next!


Moleskines

[Lady Jana Muck]

Surely no self-respecting veggie would be seen with moleskin? Pah whatever next!


Moleskines

They are not made of real moleskins any more thank goodnss

[jacob marley]

The only note book i keep when sowing is the seed label and when stuff gets planted on the plots it go's on a scrap of paper in the car until i transfer it onto a spread sheet my son worked out on Exel day planted and plot no and when it is time day harvested you do not need any more apart from where and and which plot jacob

[sallym]

I want Jamie Oliver's notebook. Reckon I could browse through that for hours

[Capsid]

I started a simple Excel spreadsheet on my laptop this year. It's my second year of growing in my garden beds I have, so I wanted to keep a record of how many plants I need to sow to fill them. It's also useful to see how well things grew and how that may be improved for next year.

[Peanut]

I write all my notes on a calender but think the Spreadsheet's a good idea!